CVE-2003-0739 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VMware Workstation 4.0.1 for Linux, build 5289 and earlier. An attacker can exploit this flaw through a symlink attack to delete arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, but could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.1_build_5289CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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